HOWTO: Integrating SSH tunneling inside your application
Security is always a major concern in an application. But when an application attempts data communication over a network, it becomes even tougher ordeal to keep the connection secure. In this post we...
View ArticleGood bye, Oracle...
Most of my current and former colleagues already know this, others who care could probably note my unusually low activity at http://bugs.mysql.com, but still formal announcement is needed. August 31,...
View ArticleGreenSQL has been nominated for a security award and we need your vote!
Dear friends, SQL Server Magazine has nominated GreenSQL for a Community Choice Awards and we need your votes to win. Vote for GreenSQL in the “Best Security/Auditing/Compliance Product” category on...
View ArticleWhat are MySQL’s deleted temp files?
If you’ve ever looked at the lsof or listing of /proc/$pid/fd for a running MySQL server, you’ve probably seen files like these: # ls -l /proc/$(pidof mysqld)/fd/* | grep tmp lrwx------ 1 root root 64...
View ArticleSlides from “MariaDB: A MySQL Replacement?”
Monday evening, Max Mether from SkySQL came to the Boston MySQL User Group and presented “MariaDB: A MySQL Replacement?” We did take video and will link to it when it’s uploaded. That usually takes a...
View ArticlePercona XtraDB Cluster / Galera Tutorial at Percona Live NY 2012
I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m delivering a tutorial on Percona XtraDB Cluster / Galera at Percona Live NY 2012 right in midtown-Manhattan on October 1st. I really want this tutorial to be...
View ArticleMySQL Bug Anniversaries
Ten years ago today the first public bug was filed on bugs.mysql.com. As we also stumbled across an unfixed bug today that was reported almost exactly two years ago i came up with the idea of writing a...
View ArticleUpcoming Percona XtraDB Cluster – Installation and Setup webinar
Next Wednesday, September 19 at 10:00 AM PDT I will present a webinar on Percona XtraDB Cluster. The webinar focuses on the basics of XtraDB Cluster, we will install it, break it, fix it, and use...
View ArticleMySQL Replication 101 Overview
Since MySQL Connect is just around the corner and several of the sessions are related to the replication features in MySQL 5.6, I figured I would put together a quick MySQL Replication 101 Overview for...
View ArticleWhy I am So Excited About the MySQL Performance Schema
The improved Performance Schema in MySQL 5.6 provides a new way of investigating issues in the database. Many issues that previously required tools such as strace, dtrace, etc. can now be investigated...
View ArticleOracle Training on Demand – MySQL for Beginners, Day One
Today I took the first day of MySQL for Beginners from Oracle’s Training on Demand offerings. From the course overview, “This hands-on class covers the fundamentals of SQL and relational databases,...
View ArticleHone Your MySQL Skills and Meet the SkySQL Team!
Latest training class schedule & events calendar just published We’re excited to see that it’s going to be a busy time for the MySQL & MariaDB communities over the coming months! Plenty of...
View ArticleTrying to Migrate Data
Getting the MySQL Workbench’s Database Migration has been interesting, and at present incomplete. While I can now successfully connect to the SQL Server 2012 source database and capture a schemata...
View ArticleMySQL function returns dates of speficied day & between date range
This mysql stored function will return you all the dates between given dates having specified day. In short if you say: give me all Sundays in this month. I have...PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
View ArticleVideo: An elephant, an ant colony and a ferret walk into a database…
Ryan Betts and Ning Shi of VoltDB give a talk and demo of VoltDB at the Boston MySQL User Group on March 12, 2012. They presented a use-case based overview of what VoltDB is and the types of problems...
View ArticleLooking for MongoDB users to test Fractal Tree Indexing
In my three previous blogs I wrote about our implementation of Fractal Tree Indexes on MongoDB, showing a 10x insertion performance increase, a 268x query performance increase, and a comparison of...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.43 released
The MySQL developer tools team announces the availability of version 5.2.43 of the MySQL Workbench GUI tool. This version contains various fixes and minor enhancements and includes 53 resolved bugs....
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.43 GA released
The MySQL developer tools team announces the availability of version 5.2.43 of the MySQL Workbench GUI tool. This version contains various fixes and minor enhancements and includes 53 resolved bugs....
View ArticleMySQL and SSD | Percona XtraDB Cluster talks
On Percona Live New York I’ll be giving two talks “Percona XtraDB Cluster: HA solution for MySQL”. I will give introduction in MySQL clustering and show how Percona XtraDB Cluster solves HA and...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Bug# 30994, here is a present for you ...
One of the MySQL bugs having birthday today is Bug #30994 which i filed five years ago. So i decided to give it a little birthday present by finally writing a patch for it myself:...
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